unexpectedly stumbled on a perfectly ripe canary melon and I am not upset but I AM confused at what itโs doing this far from Berkeley Bowl
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Sr Narrative Designer at Microfun โจ Prev: Drydock, Sony Santa Monica, Possibility Space, Molasses Flood/CDPR, Ubisoft, Lifeline, Wayfinder โจ larprunner, YA writer, ADHD, queer as heck โจ they/them
finally got to play an actual jubensha for the first time (thanks @unburntwitch.com !!) and while I definitely did not agree with all the design choices, it was absolutely FASCINATING and I am feeling very inspired!! I love encountering story games built on new-to-me structural paradigms!!
final fantasy vii: dirge of cerberus. it is a bad game and also not good. I loved it so much.
OKAY LETS HAVE FUN. "Most critically acclaimed thing you hate" is like a free square, so lets hear THE CRITICALLY WORST GAME YOU LIKE. Bonus points if it's actually bad, but 'It's actually slept on' is fine. Mine is probably Jurassic Park: Trespasser. Magical, shitty game.
love living in a house where I just randomly hear clashing steel out my window sometimes
Pedroโs Brazil Cafe in Berkeley. the best goddamn tri tip steak bowl in human history. so happy for Pedro that he got to happily retire to Brazil but goddamn I miss this corner shack
I don't want to hear about your lost loves, tell me about the restaurant food that haunts you because you'll never be able to taste it again
Politics-free games donโt exist. Weโve always been open about where we stand, and Young Suns is no different. You can help a queer- and trans-run studio make this industry a better place for everyone by wishlisting Young Suns on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...
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Act Two is officially out now!!!!
Ambrosia Sky is now available on Steam & EGS! โจ Featuring: ๐ช A vibrant space colony + alien ecosystem to explore โ Simulation mechanics + progression ๐ A sombre homecoming ๐ Exo-fungus to discover + cleanse ๐ Your lost love Start your journey today at ambrosiasky.com
An exceptional exploration of genAI in game development from a producer who absolutely Gets It: www.productionalchemist.com/p/inever-see...
I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow
AI is optimising the cheapest part of production
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Happy launch day to Gunstoppable! I had the joy of getting to do a little freelance narrative design on this last year, and working with Salaar to flesh out this high-octane gleefully chaotic sci-fi roguelite was SO much fun! Go check it out now!!
๐จ Gunstoppable is OUT NOW! ๐จ - Roguelite FPS where speed is damage - Dual-wield overpowered weapons - Fully voice-acted story campaign - Indie-priced under 10 bucks I worked extremely hard on this for 2 years. Enjoy my 4th indie game! โค๏ธ
rewatched the first three episodes of gurren lagann tonight to show them to a friend who had never seen it and needed some cheering up and man... it truly is the anime of all time. what a perfect, perfect, perfectly stupid show.
Nine Space Games is now available! Get it here: bpglink.com/9spacegames or here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... as you prefer, but definitely get it.
Nine Space Games
Nine Space Games is a collection of freeform games that share a universe and a set of rules. They are designed to be played however you like, and they play fastโeach lasts no more than an hour. And th...
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An enormous congratulations to each and every developer that worked with me on Strange Scaffold's very first driving game. (I'll tag them throughout the day.) This was one of the most challenging games that I've ever made, but I'm grateful for all of these talented devs for sticking the landing <3
Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! Is OUT NOW on Steam and XBOX Series X|S Send pedestrians to another world to pay your soul debt to a buff elf girl who lives in your head in our OVA sized isekai driving game ๐๐จ store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/... www.xbox.com/en-us/games/...
I was Zach's +1 to a wedding of complete strangers whose names I didn't even know until this morning. ran into four people I knew at the wedding. two were in the wedding party. the other two met and fell in love at a larp I ran almost a decade ago. I continue to be a parody of myself.
wedding good ft. @sunshineduk.bsky.social
oh shit new gundam, fuck yeah (from Kenji Kamiyama of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex!!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YB...
Gundam RG XARX-ZERO - Official Teaser Trailer | Comic Con 2026
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weird accomplishments: I was twice crowned fastest LEGO builder in the world I have designed and run more larps for kids and teens than almost anyone else in the world my undergrad thesis was groundbreaking new research on a rare synesthesia but I was too burned out to continue it as a phd
i can touch the tip of my nose with the tip of my tongue I have written or edited 20 separate commercial videogames i have "rolled credits" on a tamagotchi i have been posting one blog post every single day on blog.lauramichet.com which is why i rarely post here. i will hit two years on sept 12
I was curious, so I did a little experiment: I compared the names in the credits of Tropical Freeze to those in Metroid Prime 4 to see how much of TF's Retro actually worked on Prime 4. It was an interesting little rabbit hole to go down!
What does it mean when we say a game studio is responsible for multiple games over many years? Can we really say the artist is the same each time? https://kotaku.com/when-is-retro-studios-no-longer-retro-studios-2000717235
went to a fae court intrigue birthday larp last night. spent the whole time asking people if I could have their name. if they said yes, I took their nametag and gave them the name of the last fool to fall for it.
SEVEN-PART PACT, my fantastical ornate TTRPG about powerful wizards, asymmetrical board games, and the pressures of masculinity is now launching on kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
Seven-Part Pact
A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.
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Hi bsky! I'm looking for game writing/narrative design work, freelance or full time! I have 6+ years of experience working with both AAA and indie studios, shipping over a dozen projects like Borderlands 4 and Endoparasitic and more! You can find my website and portfolio here: www.nessacannon.com
NESSA CANNON
Experienced game writer and narrative designer available for commissions, assignments, and contract work.
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